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Beyond the Bedside: Building Financial and Emotional Security as a Minority Home Health Nurse

Minority Nurse

Over time, these pressures can wear down your mental health and make it harder to sustain a fulfilling career. When burnout takes hold, it impacts everything: your performance, your relationships with patients, and your overall well-being. Start by documenting your visits.

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Transforming Healthcare Delivery: The Importance of Top-of-License Utilization

Daily Nurse

Visit the units, participate in shared governance meetings, and open direct lines of communication so you can best understand the day-to-day challenges nurses are facing and identify the biggest issues that need to be addressed. This sense of purpose helps combat burnout and improve retention.

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It’s Not You: How to Cope with Microaggressions in the Workplace

Minority Nurse

Microaggressions about someone’s race, ethnicity, or skills can seem like a small problem, but they’re harmful to nursesmental health. While they don’t seem obvious to non-minority nurses, BIPOC nurses feel the ramifications through burnout and decreased work performance.

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Why Nurses Need Systemic Change to Overcome Job Burnout

Daily Nurse

Mental Wellness: a Very Real Issue The environmental factors that can have a negative physical and mental impact on nurses are well documented. Conditions will only deteriorate as more nurses leave the workforce, placing further pressure on those that remain.

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Four Creative Ways to Start a Journaling Habit

Minority Nurse

Use this method to document life events, advice, or quotes that inspire you. Or, if you don’t like to write, you can consider other methods, like art journaling. Art journaling can be a way to express your creativity through color, paint, or another type of art medium.

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Engaging with the American Nurses Association (ANA)

American Nurse

We also had the opportunity to provide input during three dialogue forums on virtual nursing as a practice model innovation, the role of nurses in promoting gun safety, and preventing violence and addressing documentation during a time of crisis. HNHN is a free nurse health, safety, and wellness program that is open to everyone.

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Addressing Nursing Shortages: A Major Issue in New Mexico Healthcare

American Nurse

Support systems offering counseling, stress management, and professional development can assist nurses in managing job expectations. Hospitals and healthcare institutions should focus on staff mental health and well-being. Expanding telehealth services can reduce nursing workload by enabling remote monitoring and consultation.